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The Yellow-shouldered Amazon, which is listed as “Vulnerable” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is now extinct on Aruba, has been introduced to Curaçao, but now has a population of approximately 800 birds on Bonaire. This is an increase on an estimated population of some 350 birds in the last two decades of the last century. There are several isolated populations scattered across mainland Venezuela, but these are subject to widespread intense poaching. On Bonaire the Yellow-shouldered Amazon has been protected by law since 1952, but is also subject to some poaching activities. In 2002 efforts were begun to enforce the


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parrot’s protected status, an amnesty for illegally acquired birds was enacted and a registration programme conducted. Sam Williams first went to Bonaire in 2003 and conducted a Pet Parrot Care campaign with the support of the Parrot Society UK. Sam and his associate, Rowan Martin, completed their PhD research projects on the parrot between 2005 and 2009. The organisation Salba Nos Lora meanwhile carried out several awareness campaigns on the island, one of which was also supported by the Parrot Society UK. Field work with the parrot continued in 2009 and a number of threats to the parrot population were identified, which have a wider


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